[pygtk] How do I find out if a widget is viewable?

[David Hirschfield]

Rock n' Roll, I'll test that out!
-Dave

John Ehresman wrote:
> David Hirschfield wrote:
>> I asked this question a little while back, but didn't really get any 
>> response...I try asking it better:
>>
>> I'm looking for the simplest way to determine if a displayed pygtk 
>> widget is "viewable" (not the same thing as "visible" as I explain 
>> below).
>> By "viewable" I mean that the user is actually able to see some or 
>> all of the widget's extent (the rectangle enclosing the widget on 
>> screen) when they are looking at the window the widget is in.
>
> I think you want gdk.Drawable.get_visible_region  Use 
> get_visible_region on the gdk window attached to the widget and adjust 
> for the widget's allocation.  Note that this method does not take into 
> account other toplevel windows that may obscure the widget, but I 
> don't think you want it to.
>
> Cheers,
>
> John
>

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